Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 1 January 1915, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Died: 2 November 2009, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Enlisted: 19 January 1942, Ft. Sheridan, ILL. Education: two years high school. Occupation: Printing and publishing and in 1940 census Martin was a laborer in a leather factory. Spouse: Lila Blank, married in 1947. Father: Martin F. Hoeft, Sr., worked sorting leather in a leather factory, (1872-1960). Mother: Caroline Heise Hoeft (1886-?)